IBdatabase cannot talk over http:// and further more the Interbase client
must be installed on the machine that is to talk to the IB database.
When under IIS with interbase you have to use a TCP/IP connection - a local
connection does (did not with IB5.x?) not work. eg Myhost:C:\Data\Mydb.gdb
Have not checked if this is still the case with IB6.
Myles.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Peacocke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 4:05 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: [DUG]: ActiveX in Web Applications
I am building web applications using Delphi CGI. I've now been asked to
include some relative smarts in the data entry screens.
To this end I'm looking at using ActiveX instead of straight Delphi
generated HTML, and an initial play around seems to show promise.
I'm using IBDatabase and IBQuery components and access a database in the
cgi-bin (Delphi 5 Enterprise).
Although this works well in my own test with the IIS on my development
machine, I have currently no way to test this on a far-flung internet
server over the web. (BTW: All users will be known users with specific
password access).
Can anyone who has done this before please let me know if the TIBDatabase
(or TDatabase) is looking at the directory on the server, or the user's own
local directory. The IBDatabase does not seem to like
"http://localhost/blah.." as it's path.
What do I have to do to ensure direct access to the database using ActiveX
in the browser of a user a hundred miles away?
Any other hints, suggestions and watch-out-for's ?
Steve Peacocke
(025) 951-251
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